LEADERS OF TURKMENISTAN AND TURKEY CALL FOR EXPANDING BILATERAL DIALOGUE

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a telephone conversation.

At the beginning of the conversation, the head of the friendly state once again expressed condolences to the Turkmen leader in connection with the death of his father, Myalikguly Berdimuhamedov, whose selfless work and services to the Turkmen state will be best remembered.

Thanking President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his condolences and words of support, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasized that he highly appreciated and valued the fact that Turkey shared the pain and grief over the terrible loss.

According to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan considers the Republic of Turkey as a fraternal state, cooperation with which is built on a long-term, strategic basis.

In turn, the leader of the friendly country reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to strengthening and expanding relations with Turkmenistan, pursuing a peaceful and constructive policy.

During the conversation, the parties expressed satisfaction with the qualitatively new content of the Turkmen-Turkish friendly relations. It was underlined that implementation of joint projects further strengthened the interstate dialogue.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan exchanged views on key issues of cooperation, which is successfully developing both in a bilateral format and within the framework of authoritative international organizations.

Focusing on the great potential for expanding partnership, the leaders of the two states underlined the importance of building fruitful relations in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.

Reaffirming the commitment of both countries to inviolable fraternal ties, the leaders of Turkmenistan and Turkey emphasized that productive cooperation in a number of priority areas would be intensified.

At the end of the telephone conversation, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov once again thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the warm words of support, wishing him good health, prosperity and great success in his work, and peace and prosperity to the fraternal Turkish people.